4043 - magen or meginnah

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מָגֵן
Transliteration: magen or meginnah
Definition (short): shield
Definition (full): a shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from ganan
Definition: a shield
NASB Translation: armed (2), buckler (1), large (1), rulers (1), scales (1), shield (41), shields (16).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}; from ganan; a shield (i.e. The small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile -- X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.

see HEBREW ganan

KJV: After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
NASB: After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great."
KJV: Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
NASB: "Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places."
KJV: They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
NASB: "New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.
KJV: Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
NASB: "O mountains of Gilboa, Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.